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Our Application Process

Our application process

  1. If your CV passes our initial screening stage, you will be invited to complete a set of assessments – see below for more details. 
  2. Candidates who are successful at the assessment stage will be contacted for an initial technical interview. 
  3. If successful, you will be invited to attend an assessment centre. This will include a number of interviews with members of the Marshall Wace systematic teams. 
  4. The final stage will consist of a number of interviews with management and Human Capital, held on-site. These will be used to assess your fit into each of the teams.
  5. We appreciate the time and effort you will have put into your application and, whatever the result, we like to give you feedback quickly. 

If you would like more information on the individual stages, including example questions that we have previously asked, please download our application guide here.

Assessments

At Marshall Wace, we are looking for highly numerate, lateral and independent thinkers who can also work effectively in a team. Our testing is designed to help us asses your skills and find out more about the way you think. After our initial CV screening, candidates will be invited to complete three online assessments.  

 These are: 

  • Codility Test

This is a short, 60-minute programming test designed to assess your programming skills. Advanced knowledge of any language is not required. Basic coding techniques and the ability to write and use simple functions are sufficient. You are free to use any of the following languages supported by Codility: C, C++, C#, Go, Java 8, Java
11, JavaScript, Kotlin, Lua, Objective-C, Pascal, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Scala, Swift 4, Visual Basic.

 

  • Data Exam

The Data Exam is administered via CorrelationOne and lasts for 90 minutes. It is designed to assess your ability to perform ‘light’ quant research. After downloading several CSV files, you will be asked questions that can be answered by performing basic analysis on the data, using any programming language you have available.

  • Technical Exam

The Technical Assessment is also administered via CorrelationOne and lasts for 2 hours and 30 minutes. This assessment covers the following topics: probability theory, statistics, regression analysis, and general mathematical topics such as algebra, matrices, optimization, etc., as well as algorithm design.

 

These tests are intended to be personal to you and, by completing them you are agreeing to not disclose or discuss any of the information outside of Marshall Wace employees.

Assessments

At Marshall Wace, we are looking for highly numerate, lateral and independent thinkers who can also work effectively in a team. Our testing is designed to help us asses your skills and find out more about the way you think. After our initial CV screening, candidates will be invited to complete three online assessments.  

 These are: 

  • Codility Test

This is a short, 60-minute programming test designed to assess your programming skills. Advanced knowledge of any language is not required. Basic coding techniques and the ability to write and use simple functions are sufficient. You are free to use any of the following languages supported by Codility: C, C++, C#, Go, Java 8, Java
11, JavaScript, Kotlin, Lua, Objective-C, Pascal, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Scala, Swift 4, Visual Basic.

 

  • Data Exam

The Data Exam is administered via CorrelationOne and lasts for 90 minutes. It is designed to assess your ability to perform ‘light’ quant research. After downloading several CSV files, you will be asked questions that can be answered by performing basic analysis on the data, using any programming language you have available.

  • Technical Exam

The Technical Assessment is also administered via CorrelationOne and lasts for 2 hours and 30 minutes. This assessment covers the following topics: probability theory, statistics, regression analysis, and general mathematical topics such as algebra, matrices, optimization, etc., as well as algorithm design.

 

These tests are intended to be personal to you and, by completing them you are agreeing to not disclose or discuss any of the information outside of Marshall Wace employees.

Timeline

We will open applications for the 2025 programme in September.

In order to make the process as smooth as possible, we have set dates for each stage. These can be seen below.

  • Application deadline: 24th October 2024, 12:00 BST
  • Tests sent: Friday 25th October 2024
  • Test submission deadline: 11:59pm GMT, 3rd November 2024
  • Phone interviews: 11th -15th November 2024
  • Assessment Centres (in London): 28th November
  • Final Round interviews with Management: 5th/6th December 2024

We reserve the right to change these dates if required. If you cannot make these dates there is no guarantee we will be able to find a suitable alternative.

Depending on requirements, we may also run an additional recruitment process in March/ April. However, we strongly recommend applying in the autumn as we cannot guarantee there will be any spaces after the first recruiting phase

Applications are open, apply now.

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